Gene Vincent Pistol Packin' Mama Mitchiko Tokyo rare South African 78 Cochran

	£		52
	$		69

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**** Customers should be aware that funds paid into PayPal can take up to a week to clear through the South African banking system. Since I am not a business with the money in hand to ship items right away, I can therefore only post items once I am able to draw PayPal payments as cash on this end from my local bank. However, goods are shipped immediately once payment has been cleared and withdrawn as cash. Please keep this in mind when leaving feedback.****

**** Please note: all 78s for auction have been kept by the original owner since they were purchased. They were not lent out or played at parties. Although they are USED and have been played, it is equally apparent that they have been carefully looked after. Some of the 78s were played with a heavier needle. The Elvis 78s have seen a little more play than the others, but they are still in collectible condition. Unfortunately, at this point, I do not have a player to play-grade the 78s, so grading is visual only. All 78s should, however, be fully playable with no skips or jumps. ****
 
Gene Vincent - Pistol Packin' Mama* / Mitchiko From Tokio - rare South African 78
 
Capitol Records, Inc. / made by E.M.I. (S.A.) (PTY.) LTD. in Union Of South Africa JCL 131 

*Eddie Cochran shares songwriting credit on "Pistol Packin' Mama"  

78 is USED but is in Very Good condition or better. Grading, as mentioned above, is visual only. Both labels have light wear and the odd marking. Otherwise, both labels look fine. No writing on either label. Some wear to spindle hole on both sides; the spindle hole on the side with "Mitchiko From Tokyo" has more wear. There are minimal markings, scuff marks, and a few light non-feelable scratches consistent with a record this age, but the general appearance is still very clean. Nice copy. 

Original sleeve has a seam split (bottom seam) but it is still funtional; it has creasing, a tear and shows signs of aging and wear. I would grade as Acceptable or Acceptable-verging-on-Poor depending on your criteria.
 
Item is seldom offered for auction. 

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4. Customers should be aware that funds paid into PayPal can take up to a week to clear through the South African banking system. Since I am not a business with the money in hand to ship items right away, I can therefore can only post items once I am able to draw PayPal payments as cash on this end from my local bank. However, goods are shipped immediately once payments have been cleared and withdrawn as cash. Please keep this in mind when leaving feedback.
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